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Epidemic Prevention and Anti-epidemic Fund | Education Bureau provides bailout assistance to 160 private schools

2020-04-09T13:03:48.388Z


The New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic continues, all schools in Hong Kong have no resumption of classes, and the second round of the Hong Kong Government ’s second round of anti-epidemic and anti-epidemic funds does not cover private primary and secondary schools. The Education Bureau announced today (9th) that it will allocate existing resources to schools under the English Foundation School Association and international schools. , Private independent schools, other private middle school day schools and private elementary schools, each school pay 80,000 yuan a one-off relief, is expected to benefit about 160 schools, involving additional expenditure of about 13 million yuan.


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Written by Deng Yinglin

2020-04-09 20:54

Last update date: 2020-04-09 20:54

The New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic continues, all schools in Hong Kong have no resumption of classes, and the second round of the Hong Kong Government ’s second round of anti-epidemic and anti-epidemic funds does not cover private primary and secondary schools. The Education Bureau announced today (9th) that it will allocate existing resources to schools under the English Foundation School Association and international schools. , Private independent schools, other private middle school day schools and private elementary schools, each school pay 80,000 yuan a one-off relief, is expected to benefit about 160 schools, involving additional expenditure of about 13 million yuan.

A special notice was published on the website of the Education Bureau, stating that the schedule for resuming classes in stages on April 20 should be postponed. (Screenshot of the Education Bureau website)

The Education Bureau sent a letter to schools today informing them of the details of the "One-off Rescue Subsidy for Private Schools". The Education Bureau stated that due to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, all schools in Hong Kong will be suspended from late January this year. In order to help schools to pay the expenses under this special situation, the Education Bureau decided to provide a one-off bail of 80,000 yuan for each private elementary school and day school.

All schools affiliated with ESF schools will receive a grant of 80,000 yuan. (Profile picture)

An ESF school funded by the government does not need to submit an application. The subsidy will be directly deposited into the school bank account, which is expected to be paid as early as this month. The remaining schools must submit an application form. At the same time, primary and secondary schools are opened, and each school will count as one school.

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A spokesman for the Education Bureau said that when planning the second round of the anti-epidemic and anti-epidemic fund ’s education measures, it had decided to allocate existing resources to alleviate the financial difficulties of private schools in reducing income due to suspension of classes. The authorities expected to benefit about 160 schools, involving additional expenses About 13 million yuan.

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